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When Shonda Schilling arrived in Boston, this wife of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling rewrote the book on how the spouse of a pro athlete could win over a new city and engage fans in supporting charitable efforts. Shonda, a mother of four, is active in myriad charities, with some of those connections coming as the result of facing a personal challenge. A skin cancer survivor, Shonda founded the Shade Foundation of America in 2002 with the goal of changing society's attitude towards sun exposure.